FREE Great Programs for Windows 7

[swarfega]

Worked ok for me in x64.

 

[MilesAhead]

SourceSnap

I have a new freebie on Softpedia. This one is called SourceSnap. It's designed for programmers to snap up source code via clipboard but can also be used to grab any plain text.

It's not a complicated snippet manager application, but a simple easy to use hotkey app to snap up source code or text from web sites, or any app that can copy to clipboard.

Here's the Softpedia link. It was just put up this morning:

SourceSnap on Softpedia

 

[Brink]

Thank you Miles. Added.

 

[screwballl]

Some programs to add that do work well.

The main one to add: Comodo Firewall

the best and strongest software firewall available for any Windows home PC... AND its FREE!

Firewall and AntiVirus Free Software Download from Comodo


A few more:

DVDShrink (I forget the exact version but I do know it is the latest since I just installed it today)
DVDFabHD Decrypter 6
WinDirStat
SpaceMonger
Lexmark software for X4550 wireless network printer (Lexmark Imaging Studio)

 

[Charles Kane]

Digsby

Free, multi purpose multiprotocol IM client and social networking app to replace your ad filled Windows Live Messenger.
Runs beautifully in Windows7.
In extremely active development, with very recent update claiming to halve the memory use.

 

[screwballl]

Digsby
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Free, multi purpose multiprotocol IM client and social networking app to replace your ad filled Windows Live Messenger.
Runs beautifully in Windows7.
In extremely active development, with very recent update claiming to halve the memory use.

I myself prefer the minimal types for these programs.... for that I use Pidgin which works very well with W7.

www.pidgin.im

EDIT: I never liked CDburnerXP very well in years past but I figured I would give it a try again... in W7, it tried both an audio CD and a DVD and although they worked fine in Windows itself, they would not load/play in any players. So I installed it on Vista x64... same result... so I tried it on XP SP3... same result. Yet if I burn the same music and same movie using Nero, they burn properly and are read by the CD/DVD players.... so I would say if the disc is to be read on anything other than a computer, we need to find a better program.

 

[XentrixPL]

Rainbow Folders - tiny software to colour your folders. Really great app.

 

[Brink]

Thank you XentrixPL. It has been added.

 

[screwballl]

just an FYI brink... there are a few programs on the previous page by myself and a few others not added to the list yet... thanks for keeping us updated!

 

[Brink]

Hi Screwballl,

Yes, unfortunately not all will be add to the list for one issue or another. For example, Comodo is not quite bug free with Windows 7 yet.

 

[betawind]

Any reason the latest version of DAEMON Tools Lite (v4.30.4) is not on the list? I've seen it mentioned a few times that it works great but don't see it on the list.

 

[Brink]

Added.

 

[DataMan47]

There's one author whose stuff I've become a big fan of: HashCheck (I abandoned HashTab for this), CmdOpen, and Notepad2 modified with code folding.

 

[Brink]

Thank you DataMan.

 

[screwballl]

Hi Screwballl,

Yes, unfortunately not all will be add to the list for one issue or another. For example, Comodo is not quite bug free with Windows 7 yet.

I would like to see some reports of this... so far I found that it works better in W7 than it does for Vista... even looking at the Comodo forum is showing very few reports...

 

[Brink]

I was quite shocked about it myself, but when I try to install it normally and with using Compatibility Mode, it will install just fine. However, I lose my internet connection afterwards and cannot get it back no matter what I do. As soon as I uninstall Comodo, the internet returns. I have test this with the last few builds if Windows 7 with the same results. It works perfectly in Vista for me though.

I'll be continuing to do tests with it to see if I can get it to work without having to jump over a cliff to do it. I really would like to have it running in Windows 7.

 

[pillainp]

Marxio FCV

A tool like HashTab and HashCheck. Very light, no installation required, and shell integration via context-menu entry (Look under the Options pulldown on top right).

Portable file checksum verifier that allows you to calculate file checksums and compare them with original one. It aims to be a portable, "must have", versatile tool for dealing with single files and their checksums - calculate, compare and verify. Supports major checksum types:
- CRC32,
- MD4,
- MD5,
- SHA1,
- SHA-256,
- SHA-384,
- SHA-512,
- RIPEMD-128,
- RIPEMD-160,
- HAVAL 256,
- TIGER 192.

 

[werD]

not listed but great program...

Teamviewer 4.1.6320

http://www.teamviewer.com/download/index.aspx

TeamViewer establishes connections to any PC or server all around the world within just a few seconds. You can remote control your partner's PC as if you were sitting right in front of it.

Windows 7 Guarantee The new Windows 7 release is expected in October 2009 - and TeamViewer 4 is already fully working on the Windows 7 Release Candidate published by Microsoft.

 

[Brink]

Thank you WerD. Added.

 

[apple2005]

Media codecs.

Here is another free codecs. working well for me.

Shark007.net - Windows 7 Codecs